Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/196670 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 12172
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
In 2013, Tanzania introduced "Big Results Now in Education", a low-stakes accountability program that published both nationwide and within-district school rankings. Using data from the universe of school performance from 2011-2016, we identify the impacts of the reform using a difference-in-differences estimator that exploits the differential pressure exerted on schools at the top and bottom of their respective district rankings. We find that BRN improved learning outcomes for schools in the bottom two deciles of their districts. However, the program also led schools to strategically exclude students from the terminal year of primary school.
Subjects: 
school accountability
school rankings
education policy in developing countries
Tanzania
JEL: 
I21
I25
I28
O15
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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